Smoking Popes discography

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**Smoking Popes discography**
Releases
↙Studio albums	4
↙Live albums	2
↙Compilation albums	1
↙Extended plays	4
↙Singles	7
↙Other appearances	3

This is a discography for the Smoking Popes, a pop punk band from Lake in the Hills, Illinois. The Smoking Popes have released four studio albums, a compilation album, two live albums, four extended plays (EPs), and seven singles. The group was founded in 1991 by Mike Felumlee (drums) and brothers Matt (bass guitar), Eli (guitar), and Josh Caterer (guitar, vocals). After releasing three independent EPs, the Popes signed with local punk rock record label Johann's Face Records. Johann's Face issued a fourth EP and the Popes' first two studio albums—Get Fired and Born to Quit.

EMI subsidiary Capitol Records signed the band and re-released Born to Quit in 1995, yielding a minor hit on punk rock radio stations with "Need You Around".^[1] The Smoking Popes released their third album through Capitol in 1997 and broke up the following year. To fulfill their contract with Capitol Records, the band recorded an album of cover songs, which was rejected for release by the label.^[2] The Popes were dormant until they reunited in late 2005. The band played a reunion show on November 11, 2005, recording and releasing the concert through Felumlee's Double Zero Records. They are currently working on a fourth studio album for Flameshovel Records.^[3]

This list does not include material that members of the Smoking Popes recorded with Duvall or other side projects.

1 Studio albums
2 Live albums
3 EPs
4 Compilations
5 Singles
6 Other appearances
7 Notes
8 External links

[edit] Studio albums

Year	Title	Comments
1993	Get Fired Label: Johann's Face Records (JFR #011) Formats: CD, vinyl disc	Debut studio album.
1994	Born to Quit Label: Johann's Face Records Format: CD	Re-released July 7, 1995 on Capitol Records (CDP #724383383122).^[1]
1997	Destination Failure Label: Capitol Records (CDP #724383821723) Released: August 26, 1997 Format: CD	First release on Capitol Records.
2003	The Party's Over Label: Double Zero Records (DZ #0012) Format: CD	Album of cover songs rejected by Capitol, unreleased during the band's tenure.^[2] Released through drummer Mike Felumlee's label Double Zero Records.^[2]
2008	Stay Down Label: Flameshovel Records	Upcoming fourth studio album.^[3] Was released in Chicago exclusively at the record release show on 6/7/08 at the Metro.

[edit] Live albums

Year	Title	Comments
2000	Live Label: Double Zero Records (DZ #0003) Released: April 25, 2000 Format: CD	Live album recorded at the Metro in Chicago, Illinois on November 25, 1998.^[4]
2006	At Metro Label: Victory Records Released: February 28, 2006 Format: CD	Live album recorded at the reunion show at the Metro on November 11, 2005.^[5]

[edit] EPs

Year	Title	Comments
1991	Innoculator Label: Radius Records (Radius #1) Format: 7-inch vinyl	Debut release by the band.
1992	Break Up Independent release Format: 7-inch vinyl
1993	2 Independent release Format: 7-inch vinyl
1993	Smoking Popes/Groovy Love Vibes Label: Johann's Face Records (JFR #009) Format: 7-inch vinyl	Split EP with the Groovy Love Vibes.

[edit] Compilations

Year	Title	Comments
1999	1991–1998 Label: Double Zero Records (DZ #0001) Released: September 7, 1999 Format: CD	Posthumous release.

[edit] Singles

Year	A-side	B-sides	Comments
1995	"Rubella"
1995	"Need You Around"	"Adena" "Adena (live)" (UK release only) "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" (UK release only)	Released as a one-side single (no B-side), two-sided single, and a full single (only in the UK).^[6]
1997	"Before I'm Gone"	"Pasted"
	"I Know You Love Me"	"Need You Around (live)" "Paul" (10-inch only) "I Know You Love Me" (10-inch only)	Released as a 7-inch vinyl jukebox single and a 10-inch vinyl full single.^[6]
	"Egg Nog"	"Pure Imagination" "O Holy Night"
	"O Holy Night"		Jukebox only split single with the Dandy Warhols.^[6] Cover of single reads "Dandy Warhols/Smoking Popes".^[6]
2007	"Blue Carolina"		Split single with the Alkaline Trio.^[6] Cover of single reads "New Years Evil".^[6]

[edit] Other appearances

Year	Song	Album	Label
1993	"Run Away"	Achtung Chicago! Zwei! compilation	Underdog Records
1997	"Ft. Stockton, TX"	An Instrumental Thing compilation	Polygram Records
2000	"Do Something"	East Timor benefit album	Idols of the Marketplace